How does archaeology work?

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Stone Age to Iron Age Britain Introduction to Stone Age to Iron Age

Objectives

History

  • Establish clear narratives within and across the periods they study.

English

  • Plan and draft a narrative thinking about the audience and purpose of the writing and using appropriate vocabulary.

Lesson Planning

Children plan and write the story of a piece of land and its changes over time.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To write a class story about a patch of land from the Stone Age to the Iron Age using a timeline as inspiration.
  • To write a story about one patch of land.

Children will:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of how layers of debris left behind by humans build up over time.
  • Demonstrate an understanding that lower layers are older, and higher layers are younger.
  • Plan and write a narrative for a specific purpose.

Provided Resources

  • Traces left behind sheet
  • Narrative support sheet
  • Story board

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.